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FOB AN ALBUM.
The day 1? oold and dark and dreary,"
The rain deecenda as though 'twere weary;
While o'er mv heart a feeling creep
Of sadness, teat is low and deep.
I fain would drive it all away,
And give to happiness oomplete sway;
But that's a task, voa're well informed.
Much easier talked of than performed,
As long as with tenacious hold
It clings, like a miser to his gold.
THE MYSTERIOUS GUNNEE
JOCCOOCOC
An Exciting Story of the War
of 1812.
BY JOHN R. MUSICS.
CHAPTER XXIII.?(Continued.)
The detail of red-coats went down the
road, and our friends continued their
way. When about half way between the
enemy and their friends tliey halted ana
listened. The detail could be heard
marching away.
The Americans were now far enough
away to converse with each other with
little fear of being overheard by the
enemy.
"Tommy," said Griffith,"we mu6t hurry
to onr men and cat off that party."
"Can we do it?" the doubting Thomas
Mked.
"Yes, yery easily. Be cautious, make
so noise and keep both ears and eyes wida
jpen."
"I?I?I'm doin' that, Griff," answered
Tommy, who was shivering, despite his
efforts'to be calm.
They reached their comrades, and Grif
nui Aiion Eaia: I
"Come, bojB, there's work to do; follow ]
me."
"Where are ye goin\ Griff?" one of the
illagers asked.
"Down to the beach."
"What ye goin' down there fnr. Griff?"
the same man asked. The question was
of coarse out of place, from a military
standpoint, but the citizens of Mauoahad
very little regard for military rules.
They could not understand that it was i
for them to obey and not ask questions.
Griffith had had no little difficulty to keep
them even within the most moderate i
bounds of military discipline. i
T Zion't arnloin n/HE " hfi Bald nnt a (
little vexed at the question. "It is all i
right, come on end we will learn all about
it at the proper time."
"I'll be dad blamed ef I'm goin' any- <
whar that I don't know whar I'm a Roin', ]
and what I'm goin' far," the villager began.
]
"Oh, come on, Len, an' quit yer bein' i
so 'tarnal contrary," said one of his companions.
>
It was not without considerable coax- <
ing that Len was induoed to go. Cnp- I
tain Alton would very much have liked
to make a close application of military i
authority to this unruly soldier, but at
this time he dared not do it. Among
these citizens his good sense had told
him from the beginning that strict military
discipline could not be enforced. In i
fact, nothing but their common danger,
admiration for him, and his personal t
magnetism had enabled him to hold them i
togeiher so far. The Americans went
lowly alon? throuch the woods, moving t
as silently as shadows, And taking care to
avoid the main body of the British. They
entered the old road half a mile nearer
the beach tban they were.
Here they halted again and listened.
It was a very dark night and the stillness
seemed almost oppressive. The young
Americ n feared that the slightest sound
might be heard by the enemy. If they
hould have their suspicions aroused, his
cherished plans might be frustrated.
All depended on his being able to cut
off communications between the land
forces and those on board the man-of- . <
war. Captain Alton remembered that
Ola, the being whom he loved dearer J
than his own life, was on board that dark c
ship, and her life and honor depended on 1
the success of this plan. Snould the
land forces succeed in getting aboard the ]
Xenophon (and he had concluded that
cm/%V? rrnm t fkotr nmnl/1 aoil i
way, and she beyond a doubt be carried
off to a hostile shore. The young |
American felt reasonably certain that his
countrymen had triumphed at Baltimore I
and Fort McHenry. He did not know i
that Hobs bad been slain, that the British
were in full retreat, and that the i
Americans, encouraged, were springing 1
to arms all over the land, determined to
drive the invaders from their shores. i
The Americans were silently and can- 1
lio'aoly, yet swiftly, hurrying along the 1
pathway toward the beach. Captain Alton I
himself was in the lead, the others following
in single file close at bis heels. <
Suddenly he stopped and held up his I
band in a warning manner, and whispered: i
-Halt!" (
Faint as was the whisper every man 1
beard it, and came to a standstill. At '
this moment the faint tread of distant
footsteps came to their ears. It was only .
one man who was coining from the beach
toward them, and for a few moments our
hero was not a little puzzled to make out
what bis intent wa?. t
1 "What is it, Griff?" one of tho villagers
asked. ,
nrtiAf. Tf ic nf fhAir mpti rn_
turning. Leave him to me, and stand
near to aid me if necessary." t
The rapid tread of footsteps approach- (
ing could plainly be heard by nil, and the j
ounds momentarily grew louder. (
Captain Alton stepped forward, nnd, |
as the man came up, seized him by the ,
throat.
"H?h?hands off!" the fellow hiB&?d.
"What do you mean?" , !
"Keep quiet or yon are a dead man!" jr
And the muzzle of a pistol touched the
ebeek of the stranger. ' i
"W?w?why, Leftenant, it's me?it's
"Wiggins. I was 6ent back to say aB how
the coast is clear, an'we hare just goin' {
to fire the rockets." ,
"Quiet, sir, or you are a dead man!" f
aid the deep, 6tern voice, in tones which
conHnot be misunderstood. i
The Englishman had such little
thought of an enemy being near that the (
idea that he was in the midst of foes had ?
not yet entered his head.
"A Honrl muni \V'nt. ri'vn moan T,?f. I
tenant? I ain't done nothin*. Hi come
back to tell ye that hall was well."
by thi6 time the fellow was surround- i
ed by the Americans. Still He had not
his suspicions aroused. He had dropped |
bis gnn, and was, in fact, completely at
the mercy of his c iptors. j
"Oo are you?" he finally asked, in a
voice which trembled with apprehonsion. ,
"Amerieau8, and yon are our prisoner."
Such a terrific name did those daring
free Americans have, that a Triton always
trembled at mention of them. Khe
moment Iip heard the announcement the
soldier gave np in despair.
"Ho, don't kill me, hif you please,
good Hamericans; don't?don't take my
life!"
"Keep a still tongue i n your head, yon
fool, and yon shall not be hurt," snid the
Oaptain to his trembling captive. "Don't
make any outcry, tnougn, or it wilt be
3'onr last."
Tbe Briton's life was very dear to him,
and his patriotism not very great, so he
suffered himself to be disarmed, and under
guard of two Americans followed the
party which was to surprise the signaling
party. After his arrest he bee tme snllen
and refused to communicate with his captors,
though Griffith tried hard to learn
from him some of tbe enemy's plans.
Finally the Americans rame to th#
long, sandy strip of beach which extended
down to the water's edge. The distant
roar of waves could be plainly heird, and
ss the wind set into land Griffith could
distinctly hear the sound of human
vo.ces encaged in conversation. lh:ii
words wer6 very indistinct, mingled as
they were with the rolling, dashing
waves that heat against the sandy beach.
As the Americans were marching with
ell the care they could across the sand,
there suddenly rose on the air, with a
loud, unearthly hiss, a 6ky rocket, leaving
a broad, white trail behind. It was
almost immediately followed by one with
a red and ona.wit^a blup lipbt.
"That is ufe signal," saidOrriffith, in
a cheerful undertone, to his companions.
He detailed two men to guard the prisoner,
and with the others started toward
the cluster of dark figures to be dimly
seen at the water's edge, at a run.
"Steady, careful! We must not fail
this time," he whispered.
Each rifle was cocked, teeth eet with
/i?farmin?Hnn and from the manner of
the patriots there 6eemed little clanger ol
failure.
chapter xxiv.
THE AMBUSCADE.
Like spirits on evil intent the Americans
6wept silently over the sand. So
unexpected was their attack that the
British were wholly unprepared for them.
Even after they were upon the party
that had given the Bignal, their deadly
rifles leveled at their heads, the BritonB
did not seem to realize that they were
others than their own friends, who had
blundered upon them.
"Surrender!" cried Capt. Alton, in b
low, determined voice.
" 'Old on, there! there is some mistake
'ere," Baid the officer in command, who,
when excited, resorted to his cockney
dialect. "We hare friends, hare we not?"
"No, you are our prisoners. Ground
your arms, or we will blow you into eternity.
"
W'y, 'oo hare you?"
"Americans."
"Hamericans! You muBt be joking?"
"No, we are not. You are our prisoners,
and must ground your arms to a man.
Keep them covered with your rifles, men,
and if one makes an effort to resist, pour
a volley into all of them."
"Don't yer be skeered but what we
will," one of the Americana answered.
His peculiar dialect and accent convinced
them more than any assertion that they
were Americans.
Standing back within the darkness,
fhai* ffirmq nrilv vaoBftlv outlined, the
Americans seemed n legion. Some of
them could not be seen. Only the long
barrels of the deadly rifles protruding
oat of the darkness were visible. This
Bight, and the cool, determined threat, was
enough to intimidate the boldest, and in
three minutes after the young officer had
demanded their surrender, the last gun
was grounded and the Britons disarmed.
'Now, Griff, that we've got 'em, what
ere goin' to do?" asked one of the villagers.
"We must in some way get them to
Manoa. But listen?do you hear nothing?"
A death-like silence fell on the party.
The faint sounds of the measured dip of
jar? could be heard coming toward the
}each.
"Don't you hear it, Tommy?" Griffith
isked of the little tailor.
"Yes, I do."
""What do you make of those sounds?"
"A boat comin' in to shore.
"That is it. We must take that in,
ilso."
"Why, Griff, we've got more here aow
han we kin guard,"said one of the Amerenns.
"We will manage that," said our hero,
mcouragingly. "A few of you must
juard these, shoot them down if they
ittempt to escape, and the remainder of
is will look after the boat orew."
Four were detailed to guard the British
jmoners, each having four men to guard.
3-riffith, with the others, took his place
;lose to the beach.
The boat came rapidly in, and when
jut a few cables' length away some one
n the Doy nauea inose on snore.
"Ahoy, there! shipmates, ahoy!"
"Aye, aye," Griffith boldly responded.
"What ye want to tnmble np a null
lino's crew at this time o' the night for?"
"We've got important messages," Grifith
cnswered, boldly assuming the role
>f the British officer who had fired the
rockets.
The boat without a shadow of suspicion
came into land.
"Where are the cowardly Yankees tolight?"
the officer asked.
"All in their holes, sleeping like hedgejogs,
with one eye open."
"The cowardly knaves. I would like
:o enter their port and cut their throats
is they sleep, the Briton responded.
The boat ran upon the sand, ana the
officer standing in tho bow reached out
lis hand for the dispatches.
Griffith Beized his outstretched hand
und jerked him from the boat, head first
upon the sand; and at the same moment
half a dozen Americans leaped into the
boat with fixed bayonets.
Low but deep rang out the command to
surrender on the startled ears of the boatmen.
They each found the steal point of
& bayonet at his heart, and in the fierce,
ietermined men who held them they
recognized their executioners, unless they
jomplied with their demand.
They could do nothing more than 6urender.
"Now, Griff, what ye goin' to do with
em?" asked ono of the villagers.
Their prisoners were swelled to twentj'wo
in number.
"We will have to send them all to the
Hinge."
"How'll ye do it?"
"In the boat. Make them all fast save
welve men to row the boat, and Tom
Donley will take the tiller aiid steer it
nto the village. Six of our men for
guards will answer, and I want you to
ake twenty-five or thirty more of our
Ben with you."
"What d'ye intend, Grit.?"
"I intend to drive the British back.
3ring this boat and another 60 we can
?'reat by the water if necessary."
The sea ran high, but with very little
liffi :ulty the prisoners took their places
iuvi were lashed to their 6cats.
Tom Conley seized the tiller and they
>ulled out into the water. The boat
iwept around a point of land and di6ap>eared
into the harbor.
Griffith, with his lemaining companons,
waited upon the sand.
"I don't see what yer waitin' hero fur,
>ritf," snid Tommy ltuffles. "D'ye intend
igbt'in' the British?"
"We may abuscade them and drive
hem back before morning."
"How kin ye?"
"They will grow tired of waiting the
etum of their companions. and sburt
down to fee wnat is the matter, then we
shall have our ambuscade ready, and
make them think they have entered a
hornet's nest.
Griffith had taken from the British
officer the dispatch intended for Major
Bridges, and having both flint and steel,
he gathered np some dry sea-weeds and
m ule u small light by which he re?d it.
The dispatch stated that news had just
been received from Baltimore, and the
British army was in fall retreat and the
Americans rising in every direction.
Their condition was growing desperate,
and they begged to be taken aboard ship.
Iheir artillerv. thev said, wonld have to
be abandoned to the euerav.
Griffith wan well satisfied with th?
course he had adopted, and wniied patiently
(he return or his comrades, with
tlie boats and the recruits. With these
re-enforcements he might, by a wellplnnnfcd
attack, drive the British back to
tneir rormer posraon and hold them there
until daylight, when they would not dare
to attempt to cross the bench. In the
darkness the euemy would have no idea
of their number, and would very likely
imagine their forces to be ten times as
many as they were. He could hold them
back until daylight and then plant two
pieces of artillery and drive them away
if they should attempt to cross the sund.
It seemed ages beioro the boatB camo.
Again und ag.tiu did his anxious ears deceive
him into the belief that he heard
the dip of distant oars. Bat nt each time
he was deceived. At last the welcome
sound came beyond doubt, and in three
minutes after he first heard the real dip
of oars, two boats, loaded to the water'* j
edge with heavily armed Americans, came
into view.
They were landed, and Capt. AUod
discovered he had forty addilional men. ^
"I came, Griff," sa d Si Cole. "Ithorl
ye'd hev a scrimmage, maybe, an' I'm not
goin' to be one as is goin' to be behind
when a scrimmage is on hand."
"Very well. Si, I am glad you ar?
here. AVe will now proceed at once to
carry out plans that will insure victory." ,
*> * ? ? ' -~.?L 4 Via V\Aof a
rive men were leit iu ^uaiu
and with the others, all the arms they
had, and all that had been taken from
the British, the Americans started across
the sandy beach toward the wood ib
which the British infantry lay, waiting
and wondering why their companions did
not return.
The Americans each had a rifle, some
one, and some more pistols. Twentytwo
of them had in addition to his own
gun a British musket. They were in reality
a formidable body of men.
When they entered the forest path they
halted, and Silas Cole and three more
were sent ahead as scouts. In a few
moments they returned, saying the British
were coming.
"I thought so," said Captain AUod;
"it is time that they had grown uneasy."
^ ^ 1? Kio man Vtohirtrl t
iic UaDbllJ XVlUlbu UIQ UiVU WVMIUM
natural barrier of stone, and told them /
to wait his orders to fire. 2
In a lew moments tbere oonld be heard
the steady regular tread of men who Lad
been drilled to march. They came slowl>
forward, and Captain Alton discovered
that they had not even taken the precaution
to throw out an advanced guard.
A long column of men massed in a bodj
could be seen in the darkness. Very
dimly were they outlined. Nearer and /
nearer they came, until only a few feel
lay between them and the concealed
Americans. Already the deadly rifles
were aimed at the British, and they, un?
conscious of danger, still advancing
Suddenly a sharp, clear voice rang out ox
the air:
"Fire!"
|TO BE CONTINUED.]
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
EIDE DISH OF GIBLETS.
A nice side dish is made from the
lets of fowls. "Wa9h well and 6oak in warm 1
water for twenty minutes. Out in thick (
slices and fold cach in a thin slice of 1
Btreaky bacon; tie or fasten with a small *
ikewer and stew forty minutes in sea- s
soned brown gravy with six small button !
onions. Dish the rolls, lay the onions
around and strain the gravy, slightly ]
thickened, over all.? Washington Star.
COHN CROQUETTES.
These may be prepared at this season
of the year with canned corn. Proceed
as follows: Melt two tablespoonfuls of
butter, stir well in half a teacupful of
flour, cook a few moments over a slow
fire, add a little milk and one yelk
of egg. This should form a good heavy
sauce. Half a can of corn may now be
put in and stirred well. Sweeten with
powdered sugar; cover the pan and allow
it to cook slowly for ten minutes; thei
remove from the fire, and when cold
divide in small portions and shape with
a knife blade; dip in beaten egg and
milk, roll in bread crumbs and fry in
plenty of hot lard.?New York Press.
ITALIAN SPAGHETTI AND LAMB.
The spaghetti, after having been boiled
only until tender in plenty of salted boiling
water, is to be drained from the
boiling water and thrown into the cold,
to remain until the sauces are ready?
i.e., the tomato, white an Bechamel or
brown sauces, only a little of each being
used, sufficient to moisten the spaghetti;
not enough to make it sloppy; stir in
enough grated dry cheese to season it.
It may then be kept hot by setting the
saucepan containing it in a pan of hot
water until needed for the table.
To cook the lamb first wipe the uncut
meat carefully with a wet cloth, treeing
it from bits of bone, saw'dust, etc., put
it over the fire in enough boiling water
to cover it, with a little salt, a small reu
pepper pod, three whole cloves, a bayleaf,
any bits of celcry, parsley and sweet
herbs except 6age available and boil the
ir.mb very slowly until it is tender enough
to allow the bnnes to be pulled out.
Strain the broth and use it to make
enough sauce to cover the lamb, thickening
it with the white roux and seasoning
it palatably with salt and white pepuer;
the meat can be kept hot in the sauce by
placing the saucepan containing in a nan t
of hot water.?Chicago Netcs. f
c
ON'ION TICKLE. t
Select one gallon of small-sized silverskin
onions. They Are nicest when just
grown to the size of a May cherry. Peal
and wash thtm nicely. Put two quarts
of fresh milk asri two quarts of water in
a granite kettle and make it quite salt.
"When it boils put in the onions, and boil
them until a straw will readily pierci
them. Drain through a colander, pour
fresh water over them and drain again.
Select for them glass jars with glass tops.
It is not well to put pickle in jars that
have metal tops lined with porclain, for
the vinegar acts on the cement that holds
the porcelain in the top, and pickle and i
top are both ruined.
Do not fill the jars quite full, as horse- ?
radish, celery and mustard-seed have yet |
to be put in. Fill one of the jar3 with
vinegar to see how much will be needed
for all. Measure it and put into a porcelain
kettle. Put into it four tablespoonfuls
of cracked allspice, two of cloves,
two of mace, one of ginger, and one of
cinnamon, and let it boil about ten minutes.
Mix in a bowl one tablepoonful of
mustard, one of turmeric, four of sugar.
Stir to a smooth paste with cold vinegar,
and then stir it into the boiling vinegar II
and remove it at once from the fire. In- o
to each jar of pickle put one tablespoon- t
ful of scraped horseradish, one of celery- i:
cod anA nrirt nf a.-liito TrmQt?rrl-fif>f>r}_ t
Pour the vinegar into the jars boiling i
hot, stirring it bo that some of the spice v
will be ia each jar. Seal close and 6et in
a cool, dark place.?Ladies' Home Com- t
panion. v
v
household hints. 1
For a slight cut, bind on it a piece or ,
common brown wrapping paper.
I..
>Ynen acia ux iwijr mw uu wmuing,usc
spirits of ammonia to neutralize it
and then apply chloroform to restore the
color.
A tight shoe mny sometimes be made
easy by laying a cloth in hot water
across where it pinches, changing several
times. The leather will shape itself to
the foot.
"Women have great respect for ape.
Watch a young lady seated in a streetcar
betweou a young gentleman and an
elderly one, and see how determined
she is not to incommode the latter by
crowding against him. __
SIBERIAN JUMBOS. ?
fi
jEGENDS and relics op pre- *
historic giants.
Trapping a Mammoth ? The Lore c
and the Romance of Hunt- t
Ing Big: Animals in a }
Bygone Age. (
t
When the first Europeans visited China
md began to obtain information regard- B
ng the traditions of the country they t
earned, among other things, that in the 8
latural history of the people was an r
:normous subterranean rat called tyn- ,
ichu.
This rat was five or six times as large s
is a horse, had terrible teeth and lived 8
:hiefly in the northern country, -where it j
orced its way beneath mountain ranges, t
;o that when a tremor of an earthquake j
*as heard in Chioa the parents would
;urn to the child and say: 6
"My son, behave yourself. The tyn- f
chu is boring beneath the mountains, g
nakiog the earth tremble." E
I
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a
A MAMMOTH IN THE ICE CLIFFS. t'
a
Thus it came to be believed by al! 5(
hat the big rat was an actual fact. No &
)ce could be found, however, who had ?,
net with the tyn-schu until a huntei g]
rora the far north was discovered who
taid he had seen one, and here is his ?
story: |(
"1 am a fisherman, and some years age g
[ traveled in Northern China and Siberia,
'ollowing up the rivers to the northern ^
jcean. One winter the cold had been w
nore severe than usual and we started y
T KofAro thn had ornnp.
1U.YU kUU c
[t was still very cold, but wt kept on, 0
loping to secure many fish to dry and n
:arry into the interior later on. ^
"One day we were passing a high 0
:liff that was partly undermined by a ^
urn in the river, when my comrade e;
iskcd me if I had ever seen a tyn-schu. I ^
eplied no. 'Well,' said he, 'there is _
me coming now.'
"I looked up, and there, about forty
eet from the beach, was a big black
nass of something. I could see two
ong teeth, a long tail and its shaggy fur,
ind it. was evidently struggling to get
>ut, as the ice cliff was cracked.
" 'When he sees the sunlight,' my
:omrade said, "it will kill him, and
?hcn wc comc back we shall find him
lead.' And this was true, for several
nonths later when we went back there
ay the monster on the beach, dead. It '
lad crawled out of its hole and died in
he sunlight, and was mostly eaten up
? 1 ? ?J \XTa Aff fho V\irr
?y Dears auu wuivco. nc
ceth, which were as much as two men
:ould lift, and took them up the river,
vhere I sold one, which I heard was sent ^
0 the Emperor."
Such was the Chinaman's story anc*
h&t he believed that the rat was really a
1 living creature there can be no doubt; ft
md the belief is supported by the find- f;
ng in China of gigantic bones, beneath tl
he surface, of thest rats that have acci- s<
leutally been caught by rays of sunlight, c1
The origin o 1 this superstition is a veri- 1
able giant of the ice; a huge elephant h
vhich existed thousands of years ago in w
icarly all countries, and especially about h
Northern Europe and Siberia. it
In the long ago of geological ages the fi
:limate of the far north was much milder tl
han at present, and the Siberian islands lj
n the Arctic Ocean were covered with e'
recs and were the home of vast herds of tl
nonster elephants. When the first white tl
nen visited this desolate region thev o:
ound the shore in some instances literally it
overed with the tusks, everywhere proruding
from the sand, partly hidden :
it
I"" '
t.
BORN OF HAIRY RIIIJiOCEitOS. ^
Ci
t, showing that Dere was a graveyard o
f monsters of the olden time. When S
* *-it- 1 c ^;-;i
ne account reacueu me ircuirca oj. utuiation
men went out to see if it was tl
rue, and in a short time an extensive b
vory trade in these ancient relics sprang r;
>p. s]
There was then an inde'nite idea of c
he animal which bore them, but grad* T
lally the fact bccame kuown that they tl
vere the tusks of an enormous elephant n
mown as the mammoth. tl
Imagine Jumbo a third longer, a third ii
ligher and covered with a coat of woolly c
lair from two to three feet in length; h
maginc liiui armed with huge recurving
usks ten feet in length, and some idea ^
:an be formed of this king of the ole- a
>hants that lived in the long ago. For 11
i long time u very exaggerated Idea of
he animal was entertained and some cu* l
ious pictures of it were made, but linal- ^
y a specimen was found ana theu an- v
)ther.
The first and best specimen was dis- 81
:overed by a native fisherman. He saw ^
ts tusk protruding from the bank or ^
uuda, and watched it for several sea- "c
ous, until finally he found it lying upon
he beach. The wild animals had been f
eediDg on it, and, think of it I the mam- u
ooth may have been dead anywhere
rom five to fifty thousand years, yet its
lesh was so perfectly preserved and the
!je so fresh that a scientific man said he
:ould hardly distinguish between it and
he eye of a living animal.
Thousands of years ago this gigantic
ireature had perished, perhaps failing ino
a crevasse in the ice, and ever since
lad been frozen up like solid rocks.
i?3?u? j :?a
jiuuumij uuuciujliiicu. uj iuc htu kuw
)ody had fallen out, as we have seen.
About thirty pounds of the red hair
md wool was collected by this fisherman,
he tusks and portions of the feet, and
ill sold to a Russian official, who imnediatel
sent word to St. Petersburg,
Thereupon the Emperor ordered that the
intire skeleton should be preserved. The
keleton was secured, with some of the
kin and hair, and all are now in the
loyal Museum of St. Pettersburg, illusrating
the enormous size of the prehisoric
giant.
This was in the last century, and evei
ince people have been on the lookout
or these giants of the ice. Several
pecimens have been found, the most reoarkable
by a Russian engineer, named
Jen Kendorf, in 1846. He was engaged
n surveying the coast off the mouth of
be Lena and Indigirka Rivers, and his
tory is so striking that I give it just as
t is taken from a letter writtci to a
riend then in Germany:
"Afterward we landed on the nes
hore, and surveyed the undermining and
lestructive operations of the wild waters,
hat carried away with extraordinary
apidity masses of soft peat and loam.
Vhile we were all quiet we suddenly
icard under our feet a sudden gurgling
,nd stirring which betrayed the working
if the disturbed river.
4 'Suddenly our jager called loudlj
nd pointed to a singular and unshapely
bject, which rose and sank through the
listurbed waters. I had already renarked
it, but bad given it no attention,
onsidenng it only driftwood. Now we
11 hastened to the spot on the shore,had
he boat drawn near and waited until the
lysterious thing should again show itilf.
Our patience was tired, but at last a
lack, horrible,giant-like mass was thrust
ut of the water and we bebeld a colossal
lephant's head, armed with mighty
isks, with its long trunk moving in the
ater in an unearthly manner, as tnougn
;eking for something lost therein,
ireathless with astonishment, I beheld
le monster hardly twelve feet from me,
ith his half open eyes yet showing the
'hitcs. It was still in good preservaon.
"A mammoth 1 A mammoth 1" broke
ut the Tschernoniori; and I shouted,
Here, quickly I Chain and ropes!"
3 the animal again sank, we wait for an
pportunity to throw the ropes over his
ead. This was accomplished after many
fforU. Wc then threw a chain around
is tusks, that were eight feet long, drove
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EAD OP A GIGANTIC HAIKY RHINOCEROS
PROTRUDING FROM THE CUFF.
stake in the ground about twenty feet
om the shore and made chain and rope
ist to it. The day went by quicker
rnn I thought for, but still the time
jerned long before the animal was seared
and the water had loosened it.
'lie soft peat or marsh land, on which
e stepped thousands of years ago, gave
ray under the weight of the giant, and
e sank as he stood on it, feet foremost,
icapable of saving himself, and a severe
"ost came and turned him into ice, and
je moor which had buried him. The
itter, however, grew and flourished,
rery summer renewing itself. Possibly
le neighboring stream had heaped over
ic dead body plants and sand. God
nly knows what causes had worked for
s preservation."
If this specimen could have been pre:rved
the entire skin of one of these
lonsters could have been mounted. In
:cent years other specimens have been
)und, and there is hardly a locality but
as produced its teeth and bones, showig
the wide range of the great ele
nam.
Near Colchester a fine specimen -was
ncarthed, and at Scarborough the teeth
avc been dredged up in numbers, showig
that where the water now flows foricrly
was a grazing ground for the hairy
lephant.
In Italy the bones have been discovred
in the volcanic gravel of Pontc
folic, showing that they roamed Italy
rhen the site of Rome was covered by a
iver of lava.
In Germany prehistoric man undoubtedly
hunted the mammoth. Near CronLadt
its bones have been found in great
uantities, packed as closely as if they
ad been placed so artificially. In the
illagc of Thiede, near Brunswick, eleven
isks were found in a heap.
In the southern portion of this couu
:y an allied form?probably as large,
ut without the hair?was found and
illed the American elephant. Recently
ne was discovejed near San Juan,
outhern California.
The writer as soon as he learned ol
ac find attempted to reach the spot,
ut little was left to tell the story. The
lilroad had cut directly through the
keleton, so that the tusks were all that
ould be secured and some of the teeth,
'he locality was examined afterward by
ric writer, who found that the body
lust have laid in a bed of fine sand
hat was undoubtedly a quicksand, and
1 this trap the big animal had been
aught thousands of years ago, to be
eld until to-day.
The mammoth has lived its time, and
clones to past geological ages, the cx
ct cause of its extermination being a
lystery. That it was known to man
nd huuted by him is very probable,
'he evidences of this arc rare, it is true.
l piece of tusk has been found in France
;ith a fairly correct representation oJ
be mammoth engraved upon it, preurnably
by some prehistoric artist,
igain, arrow heads have been taken from
eneath remains, while the much disussed
elephant pipes of the interior
adian mounds of this country may be
videncc in this direction, though thia
i not positive.
/
The mammoth was formerly as com- |
mon as are horses to-day, and the ivory '
A WHALE FROZEN IN AN ICEBEP.G.
from its tusks is still an important commercial
item. Mammoth tuslcs frequently
weigh 320 pounds apiece, and
fine specimens bring large priccs. One
tusk was sold some years ago for $500,
and fifteen years ago ten thousand were
received in London. They weighed
about one hundred and forty pounds
apiece, the price being Is. 6d. per
pound.
The mammoth is not the only ice giant
the ice cliffs of the North conceal. Some
years ago a hunter, in traveling across a
rough country, came to a deep crevasse,
and upon looking in saw the body of
gome monster that had been washed out.
He lowered himself into the chasm and
found it Jo be a huge rhinocerous, an
animal that was as well fitted to live in
Siberia as the mammoth, having a covering
of thick hair and wool to protect it
from the rigors of the cold. The head
of the monster was large and the nose
armed with two tusks, one of which was
enormous, being nearly four feet long
and large enough to be used as a club by
the natives.
If you can picture an ordinary rhinocerous
a third larger, or perhaps half as
large again, covtred with reddish hair
and an underclothing of wool, with a
tusk four feet in length, another two feet,
some idea can be had of the strange
creature that roamed the country with
the elephant and perhaps fought with it,
as these animals are known to do in
Africa to-day.
The big rhinocerous is also well known
to the Chinese; its horn is supposed to
be the tooth of a big dragon or a unicorn,
and when ground up forms a valuable
item in medicine.
We need not go so far back to find
animals preserved in the ice. Whaleis
tell of gigantic whales which have been
seen entombed in icebergs, and several
authentic cases are on record where big
whales have been observed thus imprisoned,
held aloft and floating around at
the whim of the Arctic currents.?Neta
York, Herald.
Princess BIsinarcb.
The wife of Prince Bismarck has been
?arely mentioned in the chronicles of the
German Court because she seeks to
avoid anything like publicity, but for all
that she has been of great assistance to
the man whose name is so closely linked
with the progress of the fatherland in
the last thirty years or more. The Prince
js is a member of a distinguished German
family. She married when her
husband was little knowo. She has always
been a believer in the greatness of
her spouse, and has devoted herself to
making his home life as peaceful as his
public career has been full of acrimony.
Her tact has had much to do with sipoothing
away in social intercourse asperities
or? in nnnrco nf nnll'tiVft'T /?An.
PRINCESS BISMAKCK.
trovcrsy. It is said of PriDcess Bismarck
that she is happier, now that she and
her husband are permitted to live quietly
upon their estates, than she has been at
any time since the King of Prussia made
her husband his ministerial representa
tive. In this connection the story is
told that once, in company, Princess
Bismarck expressed a longing for the
life of a plain German gentleman's wife,
when the Prince said, in a manner at
once grave and gay: "That time will
come, my dear, when, grown old, the
nation will have no more use for us."
If there is regret in the Bismarck mansion
that the day of retirement has arrived it
is not harbored by the wife.? Chicagi
Post.
A Yontlifal Speculation.
'(122S.
JRSjb /Q u
ajL - in?ri*vjr"",
"I'll tell you, Harry, you hit me ahd IT
howl. Then I'll get some cake and
whack up."
Tradition has it that the last assemblage
in the hall of Tara took place in
the year A. D. 544. The great triennial
council of the Irish nat:on was held
there for several centuries previously, out
bccause a criminal who had fled for
safety to the raouastery of St. Raau had
been dragged to the hall and executed,
the holy abbot and the monks cried
aloud against the sacrilege and pronounced
a curse upon its walls. "From
that day," says an old chronicler, "no
kiujrs ever ajrain sat at Tara."
"Take auy twenty-five tall, lean men,"
said an old court officer to a reporter,
"and you can secure a jury in a murder
case. They have no conscientious scruples
against the death penalty. As a
rule, short, thick men have doubts on
i this point."
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LARGESSE. ' I
In chivalrous days of yore, jB
When knights held a tournament gay, I
And castle and terraced court jfl
Gleamed with banners in brilliant array, f V
Each lady gave to her chosen knight 1
A favor to wear in his helmet bright. I J
i a
A scarf or a glove, a bracelet or veil,. M
Or a gemmed clasp to fasten his coat-efr? 1
mail,? '{>'
With his "ladye's largesse" he entered the'
fray, ? I ,
A-tilting his lance as the rode on his way.
Fled are the days of jcusting, '
With squire and yeoman brave, ; ^
And, thought no knight in glittering maQ,
A favor still I crave? A ,v? ^
I ask not scarf or veil, bracelet, clasp or, ?
glove,? ' .
The only largesse I ask is?my lady's love.. j j
?Mary Fisher Boston, in Boston Traveller* *
PITH AND POINT. 1
? . . )
Never kick an electric light wire when
it's down.?Buffalo Expreu.
The saddest words that e'er ware writ ' i
Make up the sentence, "Please remit."
?Neva York Sun.
A greedy man should wear & plaid
vest, so as to keep a check on his stomach.
The trouble with the airship may oris*
from its defective flew.?Chicago Tri- *
burie.
A pretty girl doesn't object to reflections
on herself when they come from a. J
looking-glass. .V. d^f.4 $
Cobblers are eligible for medical dip
tomas, because the; are skilled ia the
art of heeling.
A man would do pretty poor fishing if;
he used a book-worm for bait.? Bmg~ .
hamton Republican.
There are some people in this world
who wouldn't be satisfied if thej were- .
perfectly contented.? Binghamton Leader*.
Sanso?"Women are wedded
fashion." Blood?uYes, and they love, honor
and obey it chcerfully."?NewYork
Herald.
'There is always room at the top;
that's my motto," said the athlete with,
large feet as he stood on his hands.?
Washington Post. -if, ; .;
Love makes the world go round, bufc
it finds it impossible on occasions to "induce
the girl's father to come round.?? '
St. Joseph Gazette.
'Would you permit me to read yoo
my last poem, my dear young lady!"" .
"It it is your last really, certainly."?- \
Flieqende Blaetter.
Stranger (in Chicago)?"How doesyour
plan of underground wires 'work?"
Enthusiastic Resident?"Out of sight."" ?
Chicago Tribune.
The Stop-Over Privilege: Passenger?
"Is this ticket good to stop off?" "Yes'm.
But it won't be good to git on again."?
New York Weekly.
A Now Tork museum manager is try- ,
ing to get up a corner in giants. They
come high, but he says he must haVe'em.?Rochester
Post- Express.
It is strange how a man will himself
admit that he is a fool, yet if anyone else-"
tells him so he will get hopping mad.
risht away.?Boston Herald.
The great men are all dropping out, v i I
And dying by the score, :
And we're not feeling very well, B
And our throat is awful sore. : I
?Dansville Breeze. 4|
1 'Look at the crowd around the corner.. I
What's the matter?" Baggs?"Oh,. B
nothing, only a policeman killed by an I
accidental discharge of duty."?Harvard? I
Lampoon. ] jfl
Cora?"I would wait ever so long for- I
any man that could love me for myself; I
alone." Violet?44What patience! And
you have already waited so many years.'*
? The ledger. - -fclH
A Drop in the Market: He?uDar- B
ling, this engagement ring is worth; H
$350." She?"The last one I had cost
$400." He?"You are older now."?
New York Herald. H
The finger of a sharp old maid, ' 8
For upwards of a minute, H
Gazed on a fine engagement ring, H
And sighed: "I am not in it. M
? Washington Star. 1 H
Mustard plasters are very usf ful iife
their way, but there is no reason to be?
- -i - a Ml H
neve tntt nnyuouy win ever autuecu us. h
utilizing them to teach the children in* I
the public schools drawing.?TexatSifl- H
ingt. n
When a girl is sixteen her ideal man is- H
named Reginald. When she is twenty- B
four it doesn't matter to her very muck H
what his nnme is so long as it will work- H
well on the business end of a check.? H
SomerviUe Journal. H
Fair Shopper?"What is the differ- H
ence between those two pieces of goods?"" H
Clerk?"One is marked higher than the- H
other." "Yes; but what is the real H
difference between them?" "I just told D
you?a marked difference."?
Express. H
Quin was once at a small dinner-party.
The master of the house, pushing a de~ B
licious pudding toward Quin, begged H
him to taste it. A gentleman had just H
before helped himself to an immense H
piece of it. "Pray," said Quin, look- H
ing tirst at the gentleman's plate and
then at the dish, "which is the pudding?"?Argonaut.
"Waiter," said the smart young man, H
pushing his plate away from him, "you Hj
may bring me a glass of aqua pura to
wind up with." The waiter, who had
romped on Boston Common in the guile- In
less days of his boyhood, brought a glass
of water to me smart yuuug lliUU uuv
changed the figures on his chcck from H
thirty-five to sixty. "Articles not down
oq the bill of fare chargcd extra, air,"
he said.? Chicago Tribune. Bfl
"Thunder Month." 9
Two years ago George Hein, of Sonoma,
Cul., enlisted in the United States
Army as a musician in the First Regiment
Band. The regiment was ordered
to South Dakota to take part in the Indian
war. A few days after the arrival
of the regiment and the band at thoHn
scene of the Indian troubles the band
serenaded General Miles at the Pine^f
Ridge Agency in the presence of the^f
troops aud a large number of friendly
Indians. It was the first time iu their
lives that the Indians had heard martial^H
inn<??V and their amazement knew no^B
bounds. But what took their eyes and HB
attention mo9t of all was the young fel-^H
low who played the big brass horn.
was a most wonderful personage in their^H
eyes, and it was not very long before^H
they gave hia a characteristic name^H
n.a,.rrn> Hr-in of Sonoma, is now known^H
UW4Ov ? ' ~~t 1 - #
among the Indians, both hostile and|B
friendly, in and around Pine Ridg<^|
Agency, as "Thunder Mouth.'*?BottormB
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